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Black Spruce

#4A5551

Contrast at a glance

White text

7.75:1AAA

Black text

2.55:1Fails

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About Black Spruce

Black Spruce (#4A5551) is a dark neutral. Its RGB value is 74, 85, 81 and its HSL value is 158°, 7%, 31%. White text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Black Spruce, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#4A5551 · #554A4E

Analogous

#4A554C · #4A5551 · #4A5455

Triadic

#4A5551 · #514A55 · #55514A

Split complementary

#4A5551 · #554A54 · #554C4A

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